Plans, directs and supervises health care programs for Residents: 

• Conducts nursing assessments of potential and existing residents to ensure appropriate level of care, and refer to alternative providers where appropriate.
• Ensures compliance with all Federal and Provincial regulations, and follows the standards as set out by the provincial licensing body responsible for credentialing nurses.
• Ensures the creation and maintenance of a Care Plan for all Residents.
• Meets with the Residents and families to resolve problems and concerns and adjust care plans to address the needs presented.
• Coordinates health care activities with family practitioners and other health care service providers.
• Ensures that the nutritional needs of the Residents are met in connection with the Residents’ care plans.
• Coordinates and promotes rehabilitation and restorative measures.
• Oversees, monitors and delivers the drug administration programs for Residents, including control and safekeeping of narcotics, liaison with pharmacy provider, and conducts quality assurance audits.
• Implementation and ongoing monitoring of an infection control program.
• Organize and present (multidisciplinary when required) care conferences for residents and POA (if applicable).

Oversees and manages the staff responsible for providing resident health care services:

• Hires, orientates, and manages performance of Care staff; oversees students as required.
• Creates and adjusts staff schedules for optimum levels of quality care.
• Coordinates and/or provides training, orientation and in-service education for all staff.
• Enforce and adhere to all appropriate workplace regulations, compliances, legislation and Company policies and procedures, including company dress code.

Administrative:

• Prepares and monitors departmental goals and objectives, reports, budgets and correspondence as necessary.
• Ensures optimum capture of revenue following Company policies and procedures.
• Oversees the creation and maintenance of nursing and medical files for all Residents.
• Participates actively in all Health and Safety, Fire and Quality Assurance programs.
• Organize and chair regular department meetings.
• Assumes duties as required in the absence of the Executive Director and acts as weekend Manager on Duty on a rotational schedule.